Anti-Brett Kimberlin bloggers subjected to Twitter spambot attack

During the past several days, tens of thousands of Twitter spambots — that is, bogus Twitter accounts under the control of an unknown person or persons — have begun following conservative bloggers Patrick Frey (“Patterico”), Robert Stacy McCain, Aaron Walker (“Aaron Worthing”), and Bill Hoge.

I was at about 9200 followers last night. Today, with this spam attack, I have over 30,000. @delbius@support

At least two of the other bloggers (Walker and McCain), however, responded to the attacks by temporarily protecting their Twitter accounts, meaning that only confirmed followers were able to view their tweets. Both Walker and McCain are highly active Twitter users who have spent a lot of time building up their Twitter followings.